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Michael Benor

@michaelbenor

Data governance leader at Payoneer and founder of DataGovernance.co.il, building governance foundations for AI-ready data.

Israel

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What I'm looking for

I'm interested in leading digital transformation, shaping AI data strategies, and building the next generation of data products.

At Payoneer, I work as Principal Data Governance, bringing my focus to enterprise data governance and AI readiness. I’ve spent over 20 years bridging business strategy and enterprise data architecture.

I founded Data Governance Israel to make practical governance methods, data quality guidance, and AI governance resources accessible to Israel’s data industry. At Bank Hapoalim, I established a Data Governance office and framework, and defined thousands of data quality rules across organizational systems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Principal Data Governance

Current

Payoneer

Sep 2026 - Present (2 months)

Worked as Principal Data Governance at Payoneer.

Current

Founder & Chief Editor

Current

Data Governance Israel

Jun 2026 - Present (5 months)

Founder of DataGovernance.co.il — Israel’s leading professional knowledge hub for Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management, Data Stewardship, and AI Governance.
Established to address a critical need in the Israeli data industry: aligning with global standards, simplifying complex methodologies, and bridging the gap between business strategy and technology.
The platform provides:
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Development Team Lead - Enterprise Financial & Data Platforms

Bank Hapoalim בנק הפועלים

Dec 2025 - Aug 2026 (8 months)

• Own architecture, development and maintenance of the bank’s core internal platforms: Profitability and MIS (Teradata, SQL Server, SSAS Tabular, Power BI) and enterprise financial systems on SAP (BW, BPC, FI, CO, FM).
• Lead 10+ engineers and implementers within the Technology Division, with matrix management of vendor teams and external consultants; own contracts, development budgets and work p

Data Governance Manager

Bank Hapoalim בנק הפועלים

Mar 2020 - Dec 2025 (5 years 9 months)

• Established a Data Governance office. Lead data stewards toward adhering to best practices regarding policies, procedures, and guidelines. Lead governance adoption according to identifying the organization's key data and stakeholders needs.
• Lead Data Governance – managing business catalog with relations to physical assets, profiling, policies, and protection rules. Managing data lineage while

Project Manager and Business Analyst

Discount Bank

Dec 2018 - Mar 2020 (1 year 3 months)

• Facilitated integration among DevOps, business users, and data customers for Data projects, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment.
• Gathered, reviewed, validated, and designed enterprise data solutions, considering the impact on business stakeholders and technological aspects related to source systems, BI, and reports.
• Produced Business Requirements for Data Infrastructure and BI,

Travel

Career Break

Jan 2018 - Nov 2018 (10 months)

Traveling - South East Asia and Pacific

Business Intelligence Team Lead

Bank Hapoalim בנק הפועלים

May 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 7 months)

• Managed projects throughout their lifecycle, using both waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Led and guided a team of 6 system analysts and software developers.
• Ensured project compliance with organizational standards and procedures, exemplified by creating Golden Sources in DWH for agreement balances, facilitating general ledger migration, and ensuring reconciliation between old and new mod

Data Warehouse Architecture Teradata Data Warehouse Team Leadership Data Collection Business Intelligence

Product Manager and Team lead - Capital Requirements

Bank Hapoalim בנק הפועלים

Apr 2011 - May 2016 (5 years 1 month)

• Managed end-to-end processes, including requirements, budgeting, work plans, and milestones, ensuring successful development to production of capital requirement projects - Basel II and III
• Led IT Team responsible for model design, data collection, mapping, and Basel calculation engine of WKFS.
• Managed the entire process for submitting compliance reports to the Bank of Israel and integrating

Credit Risk Basel II III Product Owner Team Leadership Product Management Data Collection Data Quality

Senior System Analyst

Bank Hapoalim בנק הפועלים

Nov 2008 - Mar 2011 (2 years 4 months)

IT System Analyst – Data Warehouse

• Mapped and characterized the data for risk calculations of Basel II as part of data collection project.
• Implemented risk calculation engine through development and production of reports for the Bank of Israel and the comptroller.
• Developed and implemented local regulatory requirements in credit calculation engine
• Analyzed and investigated the data from

Systems Analysis Data Warehouse Data Collection Data Quality

Data Warehouse Architect

Bank Hapoalim בנק הפועלים

Sep 2006 - Oct 2008 (2 years 1 month)

Data System Analyst – Architect - Data Warehouse

• Defined the high-level architecture, required content, field level investigations, mapping and transformation rules. Functioned as EDWH safeguard for new data requirements and developments
• Plan, design and maintenance a Data Warehouse unified logical data model and Enterprise Data Dictionary
• Developed and implemented solutions to maximize e

Data Warehouse Architecture Data Quality Data Modeling

IT Business Analyst

Bank Leumi בנק לאומי

Jan 2006 - Sep 2006 (8 months)

IT Business Analyst – Call Center

• Developed new reports, requirements and specifications for development teams
• Led implementation of CTI, IVR, and SIEBEL data in BRIO.
• Worked closely with management to ensure business goals were met.
• Worked with development teams, CRM, DWH to integrate call centers, banking and technology.

Business Analyst

Bank Leumi בנק לאומי

Apr 2005 - Dec 2005 (8 months)

Business Analyst – Call Center

• Successfully completed multiple projects leveraging detailed specifications and requirements.
• Produced reports and implemented updates and other configuration changes on the bank's intranet.
• Fielded customer complaints and leveraged feedback for continuous improvement in the call centers.

Financial Services Representative

Bank Leumi בנק לאומי

Apr 2004 - Mar 2005 (11 months)

Financial Services Representative - Call Center

• Worked as a Call Center representative dealing with the stock exchange, private banking and technical issues.
• Responsible for providing information on customers' accounts, executing different transactions including local and foreign stock exchange markets.
• Provided exceptional customer service to clients.